[Text of section effective in a city or town which accepts the provisions of 1990, 291.]

Section 18C. (a) Each public safety answering point shall be capable of transmitting a request for law enforcement, fire fighting, medical, ambulance or other emergency services to a public or private safety agency that provides the requested services.

(b) Each primary public safety answering point shall be equipped with a system approved by the board for the processing of requests for emergency services from the physically challenged.

(c) Except as approved by the board, no person shall permit an automatic alarm or other alerting device to dial the numbers 911 automatically or provide a prerecorded message in order to access emergency services directly.

(d) A public safety agency or private agency that receives a request for emergency service outside of its jurisdiction shall promptly forward the request to the public safety answering point or public safety agency responsible for that geographical area. Any emergency unit dispatched to a location outside its jurisdiction in response to such request shall render service to the requesting party until relieved by the public safety agency responsible for that geographical area.

(e) Municipalities may enter into written cooperative agreements to carry out the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (d).